Iron Dynasty

Liu Xinhong glanced at the window of the Governor's Mansion seemingly unintentionally and saw Eric looking at him at this time.

There was still a faint person in his room, presumably the Stephen who had just arrived.

Stretching out his hand to say hello, Liu Xinhong entered the war room in Jeranzhe City after completing his normal inspections as usual.

"Lao Fang, it's really uncomfortable now that this is not going up, it's better to just start and serve them in one pot, hey, I have said that these Westerners are unreliable, how about it? It's true now." Liu Xinhong sat down in front of Fang Hongming. under.

Since the development of Ryukyu, the empire has officially stationed troops in Ryukyu, including the city of Jeranja. After the military reform, a division of the Southeast Military Region officially replaced the defense here.

However, the city of Reranzhe was too small, and most of the troops of one division were stationed on the main island of Ryukyu. There were only two regiments in the city of Reranzhe.

He is the head of one regiment, and Fang Hongming is the head of the other regiment.

"I also thought, but who would dare to move before receiving the order, otherwise we would not be able to eat a hat off, after all, there is more business between the Empire and the Dutch?" Fang Hongming said lightly.

Liu Xinhong said angrily: "I'm even more angry when it comes to this. These Dutch people are really bullies. To make our money, they have to fight against us."

As he was talking, a soldier suddenly came in and paid a military salute in front of the two. The soldier said: "Report to the head, Governor Eric sent someone to invite the head and head Fang to the Governor's Mansion for dinner. "

"Dinner together?" Liu Xinhong and Hong Ming looked at each other, Liu Xinhong said; "Does the old man dare to go? I'm afraid it will be a Hongmen Banquet."

Fang Hongming nodded slightly, if they hadn't hesitated before, life on the island was boring, and drinking and drinking was nothing.

But now that they have learned the content of the letter, they naturally murmured in their hearts.

"But if we don't go, Eric will be sure that we have learned that their political situation has changed." Fang Hongming said: "If this is the case, the two sides will probably meet each other in battle."

With a chill, Liu Xinhong exclaimed: "Old Fang, don't you want to go, if we two are killed, the soldiers will be in chaos."

"Fart, I won't go, regardless of whether he doubts it or not, now we have to deal with everything." Fang Hongming said.

Liu Xinhong laughed, "I'm going to make the soldiers more vigilant, aren't we on the island these years to guard against these Dutch people?"

After all, he left the war room.

The news of Liu Xinhong and Fang Hongming’s refusal quickly reached Eric and Stephen. At this time, Stephen said: "Look, we are already guarding us. It seems that the content of the letter is correct."

Eric has been hesitating because he still holds a glimmer of hope. Now the hope is completely shattered. "It seems that I have to do it tonight. According to the speed of the transmission of the Chinese Empire Telegraph, it is estimated that they will be able to receive official orders tomorrow. We are passive."

Thinking of this, he continued: "Before we do, we need to board the ship in order to escape. Our soldiers will definitely not be able to beat them."

Stephen still cares about his life, he said; "When it gets dark, we will sneak aboard the battleship in a small boat, Eric, a bright future is waiting for you."

Eric gave a wry smile. What choice does he have now?

The afterglow of the dusk gradually disappeared, and the city of Relanzhe quickly fell into darkness. Only the occasional light from the windows proved that the island was a human residence.

When the time entered midnight, everything was silent, and with the sound of a "bang", the whole city of Relanzhe became noisy.

"Hit me hard!"

Liu Xinhong patted the dust on his body. The first shot of the **** Dutch was a flower shell, which was sold to them by the Empire, which made Liu Xinhong angry.

Fang Hongming also rushed over at this time, he immediately organized artillery to counterattack, this time fortunately they prepared in advance.

The moment the Dutch fired their cannons, they began to counterattack, and the bullets roared towards the Dutch soldiers' defense.

In the darkness, the soldiers on both sides could only see the flames from the muzzle and muzzle, shooting at each other.

"Flare!"

Fang Hongming said suddenly when the two sides fought hard.

Upon receiving the order, a soldier brought over something like fireworks, which was an auxiliary tool that the military workshop had just equipped the army for a short time.

The principle is basically similar to that of fireworks, except that the military workshop replaced the explosive pellets in the fireworks with a lighting device.

This kind of lighting device contains magnesium powder and aluminum powder. The rosin and oil are glued together to delay the burning speed. Once it is launched, it can illuminate a large area like a burning sun. This area can last for about twenty seconds. .

It is too dark now, Fang Hongming needs to observe the other party's arrangement, so he shouted: "Launch!"

As the order was issued, the soldiers lighted the short stick-shaped firework objects in their hands. With a "poof", a white light rushed to the sky, and the bright light fell and illuminated the area where the Dutch were located like daylight.

At this time, Fang Hongming and Liu Xinhong discovered that only a small group of Dutchmen were shooting at them. This time, the Dutch sent several teams to sneak close to them with bayonet-mounted muskets.

Liu Xinhong saw that this scene was not light, because the main direction of these Dutch soldiers was the machine gunner, and he immediately understood the Dutch intentions.

"Kill them all." Liu Xinhong pointed to the Dutch soldier who sneaked over.

While the flares were covering the battlefield, UU read www.uukanshu. The com Empire machine gunner quickly locked on the moving Dutch army.

"Da da da……"

The six machine guns suddenly spit out fierce flames, and the Dutch soldiers who could not hide themselves fell one after another. When the first flare fell, Fang Hongming ordered another shot.

With the help of light, the infiltration of the Dutch soldiers failed completely. The imperial soldiers quickly gained an advantage on the battlefield with fierce firepower. After all, the Dutch still used the old-fashioned conquest muskets.

When fighting on the island, Eric on the Dutchman closed his eyes in pain. The light from time to time in the sky seemed to herald his failure. Under the unobstructed light, his soldiers could not Approach the machine gunner.

"Let's set sail, Eric, we still have a chance, at least we understand the Han-style rifles and machine guns, and believe that the wisdom of our Europeans will definitely study them." Stephen comforted.

Eric nodded. The imperial warships parked in the bay might be about to catch up. After all, their parking position and the parking position of the imperial warships were only ten miles away.